On 01/14/2010 06:38 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > According to Philip A. Prindeville on 1/14/2010 4:39 PM: >>> And the *_TOOL will then cause the right thing to happen if you >>> ./configure --host=foo-bar-alias >>> >>> (i.e., try foo-bar-alias-ld first, just like with $CC). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ralf >> >> Would be nice if c.m4 contained that... > > Why? The whole point is that you can compile and link a program using > just $CC, so LD should not be needed in those cases. It is only desirable > to mark it precious in the cases where LD will be used in addition to CC, > but since that should not be the default for all packages, then the > packages that WANT to use LD should be the ones responsible for marking it > precious. I don't see anything wrong with autoconf's current behavior. Right. And I'm saying that in 99% of the cases where cross-compilation is happening (i.e. $host != $target), that the loader *is* needed. Regrettably, most people do an extremely bad job writing cross-compilation friendly packages. Good tools could go a long way helping here. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
